Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,278, James F Gordon, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Gordon, James F.
S. 32,278
Born in Va.
CONTENTS

32278 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32278
James H. Eason His Rec. mtd
Act: James H. Eason
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]

23.396
Georgia -
James F. Gordon of Collettah in the State of Georgia - who was a for in the Company command by Captain Smith of the the command by the in the the line for time 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 22 Dollars 33 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 34 and Sub. Pen. E. R. Gilmere, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 66.95 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept - 11.16 78.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath. Rice - Clerk Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 91

23.678
Claim of James F. Gordon a Revolutionary soldier
Hon. G. R. Geline
Grook. Dudley Sissington Geo
Hon G. R. Geline

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed 7th June 1832.
State of Georgia and } S.S. County of Oglethorpe } On this fifteenth day of January eighteen hundred & thirty four, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable the Justices of the Inferior Court, now sitting as an adjourned board of Ordinary James T. Gordon of the County & State aforesaid, aged sixty eight years, less seven days, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born in Brunswick County, State of Virginia on the 22 d day of January 1766. That the only record of his age that he has is a transcript made by himself from the old family Bible which is now exhibited in Court & which was always considered correct by the family. That when he first went into service he was a well grown lad of fifteen years of age. That after the Revolutionary War he lived in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina & that he now lives in Oglethorpe County, State of Georgia where he has resided for about twenty seven years past. That he first entered the service as the substitute of one William Ballard. That the nature of the services he had to perform were such that he had no opportunity of being personally acquainted with any of the Regular Officers or Continental Regiments; and if his own company of Militia were ever organized into a Regiment at all he has no recollection of its number or name. That he left home with the expectation of being placed under the command of General Greene & that expectation continued till he got within fifteen miles of Guilford Court-house where himself & about sixteen or eighteen of the Company to which he belonged were ordered back with the stock procurements for provisioning the Army to a Magazine where they were stationed during the remainder of the three months guarding the Magazine day & night under the strictest discipline. The name of the Captain under whom he started was John Twitty the names of his first Lieutenant & Sergeant if he remembers aright were White & Langford. That forgetfulness of names & dates is his peculiar infirmity. That he set out from the edge of N. Carolina next to Virginia & marched direct for Guilford where he would have joined Greene & taken part in the battle of that place if he had not been disposed of in the manner above mentioned. This tour was commenced in the early part of the Spring of 1781 say about the last of February or first of March & deponent served out every day of the three months.
Immediately after the close of this first tour he went over to Brunswick in Virginia to his grandfather's & there though perhaps too young he stood a draft & it fell to his lot to serve another tour of three months in that State. On this occasion he was commanded by one Captain Smith a Lieutenant Collins & if his memory serves him the Battalion was commanded by a Major of the same name with his Captain - the names of other officers he does not recollect except the Commissary with whom he had more to do than with any one else. He only had to march about five miles from his grandfather's before he came to the dwelling of a Mr. Lamb who was the Commissary just alluded to & whose house furnished one department of the Magazine & deponent having become somewhat skilled in the services required about magazines,

he was again left among those upon whom such duties were imposed & the duties performed for three months were precisely of the same character with those described in the first tour. He obtained discharges from his Captains at the close of each tour & left them at the house of a step father in Chatham County N. Carolina where they were destroyed. This tour was commenced & completed in the summer of 1781. Deponent never held a Commission & has now no documentary evidence by which to support this declaration nor does he know of a single living witness of the facts herein stated. He feels no difficulty in stating the names of the Rev d . Miller Bledsoe Benjamin Blanton George Lumpkin & Thoms as Army to whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who he thinks would cheerfully testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. Declarant not thinking it of much consequence had almost failed to mention that in the fall of the same year above mentioned (1781) he was again drafted for a three months tour in Warren County North Carolina enlisted under the command of Captain Hendrick and Major Davis & marched from Warren to Dinwiddie County in Virginia & broken approaching near to Dinwiddie Court house never came that Cornwallis had surrendered & as we were then on the way to assist the American forces at Yorktown we were marched back home & disbanded not having been subjected to military discipline more than about three weeks, but fully that length of time - so that six months & three weeks is the whole amount of time which deponent served in the war of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State in the United States. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Jas. F. Gordon in open court before me
John Landrum Clk
We Benjamin Blanton a clergyman residing in Oglethorpe County State of Georgia and Daniel Dufresne residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James F. Gordon who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age therein stated; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Berry Blanton M.P. Sworn & subscribed in open court the day and year above mentioned before me
John Landrum Clk
Daniel Dufresne
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Blanton who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in our county of Oglethorpe, & that Daniel Dufresne who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same place & a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Britten Stamps. J. F. G. Henry J. Landrum J. F. G. Geo. Tuggle J. F. G.

I William H. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe County Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James F. Gordon for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this _____ day of _____ 1836.
I John Sandrum Clerk of the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James F. Gordon for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this fifteenth day of January eighteen hundred & thirty four.
John Sandrum Clk

State of Georgia } Before the undersigned Justice of the Oglethorpe County } Inferior Court of the County & State afore- said while  now sitting as a Court of ordinary James F. Gordon of said County petitioned to make his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 and the following is the result of his examination taken in pursuance of the regulations adopted by the Secretary of War for carrying into effect the above mentioned act. Interrogatory 1 st Where & in what year were you born?
Answer. In Brunswick County, Virginia on the 22 d January 1766.
Interrogatory 2 d Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer. The only record he has of his age is a transcript made by himself from the family Bible & which he has now in Court.
Interrogatory 3 d When were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
Answer. In Warren County N. Carolina; after the war in Mecklen- burg County of the same State & he now lives in Oglethorpe County Georgia.
Interrogatory 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer. In the first place he was the substitute of one William Ballard & afterwards he was drafted.
Interrogatory 5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circum- stances of your service.
Answer. There were no regular officers with the Troops when he served nor was his situation such as to bring him acquainted with any Conti- nental

continental or militia regiments - he served six months & three weeks partly in N. Carolina & partly in Virginia in manner & form particularly described in his declaration this day tendered for the consideration of the court to which he begs leave to refer & all the time as a private soldier in the militia.
Interrogatory 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer . He did receive discharges from his Captains; he left them with his step father & they were destroyed.
Interrogatory 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer . The Rev d . Miller Bledsoe Benjamin Blanton George Lumpkin & Thomas Amy.
Answered & Subscribed before us this 15 th day of January 1834.
Jas F Gordon
Britton Starks J. H. Ricey T. L. ... J. H. Geo. Tuggle J. H.

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Room of B.P. has 25 th Jan y 1834
Sir:
I transmit to you for examination the claim of James F. Boston for a pension and would ask your early attention to the same.
I have been requested to ascertain from you whether the declaration of shares & things of Captain Boston has been received and and if so whether it has been in full or in part and your determination upon it
Yours &c
James L. Edwards Esq. George B. Gilmer